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Lee SH, Lee JH, Lee SW. Application of Microbiome-Based Therapies in Chronic Respiratory Diseases. J Microbiol 2024; 62:201-216. [PMID: 38635003 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-024-00124-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
Abstract
The application of microbiome-based therapies in various areas of human disease has recently increased. In chronic respiratory disease, microbiome-based clinical applications are considered compelling options due to the limitations of current treatments. The lung microbiome is ecologically dynamic and affected by various conditions, and dysbiosis is associated with disease severity, exacerbation, and phenotype as well as with chronic respiratory disease endotype. However, it is not easy to directly modulate the lung microbiome. Additionally, studies have shown that chronic respiratory diseases can be improved by modulating gut microbiome and administrating metabolites. Although the composition, diversity, and abundance of the microbiome between the gut and lung are considerably different, modulation of the gut microbiome could improve lung dysbiosis. The gut microbiome influences that of the lung via bacterial-derived components and metabolic degradation products, including short-chain fatty acids. This phenomenon might be associated with the cross-talk between the gut microbiome and lung, called gut-lung axis. There are multiple alternatives to modulate the gut microbiome, such as prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics ingestion and fecal material transplantation. Several studies have shown that high-fiber diets, for example, present beneficial effects through the production of short-chain fatty acids. Additionally, genetically modified probiotics to secrete some beneficial molecules might also be utilized to treat chronic respiratory diseases. Further studies on microbial modulation to regulate immunity and potentiate conventional pharmacotherapy will improve microbiome modulation techniques, which will develop as a new therapeutic area in chronic respiratory diseases.
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- Se Hee Lee
- Department of Pulmonology, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, 13496, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea.
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Sicard P, Falco A, Faure S, Thireau J, Lindsey SE, Chauvet N, de Santa Barbara P. High-resolution ultrasound and speckle tracking: a non-invasive approach to assess in vivo gastrointestinal motility during development. Development 2022; 149:dev200625. [PMID: 35912573 PMCID: PMC10655954 DOI: 10.1242/dev.200625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Gastrointestinal motor activity has been extensively studied in adults; however, only few studies have investigated fetal motor skills. It is unknown when the gastrointestinal tract starts to contract during the embryonic period and how this function evolves during development. Here, we adapted a non-invasive high-resolution echography technique combined with speckle tracking analysis to examine the gastrointestinal tract motor activity dynamics during chick embryo development. We provided the first recordings of fetal gastrointestinal motility in living embryos without anesthesia. We found that, although gastrointestinal contractions appear very early during development, they become synchronized only at the end of the fetal period. To validate this approach, we used various pharmacological inhibitors and BAPX1 gene overexpression in vivo. We found that the enteric nervous system determines the onset of the synchronized contractions in the stomach. Moreover, alteration of smooth muscle fiber organization led to an impairment of this functional activity. Altogether, our findings show that non-invasive high-resolution echography and speckle tracking analysis allows visualization and quantification of gastrointestinal motility during development and highlight the progressive acquisition of functional and coordinated gastrointestinal motility before birth.
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- Pierre Sicard
- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France
- IPAM, Biocampus Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, University of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France
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Ludwig K, De Bartolo D, Salerno A, Ingravallo G, Cazzato G, Giacometti C, Dall’Igna P. Congenital anomalies of the tubular gastrointestinal tract. Pathologica 2022; 114:40-54. [PMID: 35212315 PMCID: PMC9040549 DOI: 10.32074/1591-951x-553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2022] [Accepted: 11/05/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Congenital anomalies of the tubular gastrointestinal tract are an important cause of morbidity not only in infants, but also in children and adults. The gastrointestinal (GI) tract, composed of all three primitive germ layers, develops early during embryogenesis. Two major steps in its development are the formation of the gut tube (giving rise to the foregut, the midgut and the hindgut), and the formation of individual organs with specialized cell types. Formation of an intact and functioning GI tract is under strict control from various molecular pathways. Disruption of any of these crucial mechanisms involved in the cell-fate decision along the dorsoventral, anteroposterior, left-right and radial axes, can lead to numerous congenital anomalies, most of which occur and present in infancy. However, they may run undetected during childhood. Therapy is surgical, which in some cases must be performed urgently, and prognosis depends on early diagnosis and suitable treatment. A precise pathologic macroscopic or microscopic diagnosis is important, not only for the immediate treatment and management of affected individuals, but also for future counselling of the affected individual and their family. This is even more true in cases of multiple anomalies or syndromic patterns. We discuss some of the more frequent or clinically important congenital anomalies of the tubular GI, including atresia's, duplications, intestinal malrotation, Meckel's diverticulum and Hirschsprung's Disease.
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- Katrhin Ludwig
- Department of Pathology, Azienda Ospedale-Università Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, University of Padua School of Medicine, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Anatomic and Histologic Pathology and Cytodiagnostics, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Emergencies and Organ Transplantation, Section of Pathology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergencies and Organ Transplantation, Section of Pathology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Services, Pathology Unit, ULSS 6 “Euganea”, Camposampiero, Italy
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- Department of Emergencies and Organ Transplantation, Pediatric Surgery, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
- Correspondence Patrizia Dall’Igna Department of Emergencies and Organ Transplantation, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale, Ospedale Pediatrico Giovanni XXIII, via Giovanni Amendola 207, 70126 Bari, Italy E-mail:
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Eicher AK, Kechele DO, Sundaram N, Berns HM, Poling HM, Haines LE, Sanchez JG, Kishimoto K, Krishnamurthy M, Han L, Zorn AM, Helmrath MA, Wells JM. Functional human gastrointestinal organoids can be engineered from three primary germ layers derived separately from pluripotent stem cells. Cell Stem Cell 2022; 29:36-51.e6. [PMID: 34856121 PMCID: PMC8741755 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2021.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Human organoid model systems lack important cell types that, in the embryo, are incorporated into organ tissues during development. We developed an organoid assembly approach starting with cells from the three primary germ layers-enteric neuroglial, mesenchymal, and epithelial precursors-that were derived separately from human pluripotent stem cells (PSCs). From these three cell types, we generated human antral and fundic gastric tissue containing differentiated glands surrounded by layers of smooth muscle containing functional enteric neurons that controlled contractions of the engineered antral tissue. Using this experimental system, we show that human enteric neural crest cells (ENCCs) promote mesenchyme development and glandular morphogenesis of antral stomach organoids. Moreover, ENCCs can act directly on the foregut to promote a posterior fate, resulting in organoids with a Brunner's gland phenotype. Thus, germ layer components that are derived separately from PSCs can be used for tissue engineering to generate complex human organoids.
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- Alexandra K. Eicher
- College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA,Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM),Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM),Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM),Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM),Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM),Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM),Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA
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- College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA,Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM),Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA,CuSTOM-RIKEN BDR Collaborative Laboratory, CCHMC, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA,Laboratory for Lung Development, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
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- Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM),Division of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM),Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM),Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM),Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM),Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA,Division of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA,Lead Contact and Corresponding Author,Corresponding Author’s:
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Martire D, Garnier S, Sagnol S, Bourret A, Marchal S, Chauvet N, Guérin A, Forgues D, Berrebi D, Chardot C, Bellaiche M, Rendu J, Kalfa N, Faure S, de Santa Barbara P. Phenotypic switch of smooth muscle cells in paediatric chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction syndrome. J Cell Mol Med 2021; 25:4028-4039. [PMID: 33656779 PMCID: PMC8051695 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.16367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Revised: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Smooth Muscle Cells (SMC) are unique amongst all muscle cells in their capacity to modulate their phenotype. Indeed, SMCs do not terminally differentiate but instead harbour a remarkable capacity to dedifferentiate, switching between a quiescent contractile state and a highly proliferative and migratory phenotype, a quality often associated to SMC dysfunction. However, phenotypic plasticity remains poorly examined in the field of gastroenterology in particular in pathologies in which gut motor activity is impaired. Here, we assessed SMC status in biopsies of infants with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) syndrome, a life-threatening intestinal motility disorder. We showed that CIPO-SMCs harbour a decreased level of contractile markers. This phenotype is accompanied by an increase in Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor-alpha (PDGFRA) expression. We showed that this modulation occurs without origin-related differences in CIPO circular and longitudinal-derived SMCs. As we characterized PDGFRA as a marker of digestive mesenchymal progenitors during embryogenesis, our results suggest a phenotypic switch of the CIPO-SMC towards an undifferentiated stage. The development of CIPO-SMC culture and the characterization of SMC phenotypic switch should enable us to design therapeutic approaches to promote SMC differentiation in CIPO.
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- Delphine Martire
- PhyMedExp, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France
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- PhyMedExp, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France.,Visceral Paediatric Surgery Unit, CHU de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- PhyMedExp, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France
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- PhyMedExp, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France
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- PhyMedExp, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France
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- PhyMedExp, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France
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- PhyMedExp, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France
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- Visceral Paediatric Surgery Unit, CHU de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux (APHP) Hospital Robert Debré, Paris, France
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux (APHP) Hospital Robert Debré, Paris, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble Alpes, Biochimie Génétique et Moléculaire, Grenoble, France
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- Visceral Paediatric Surgery Unit, CHU de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- PhyMedExp, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France
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Blennerhassett MG, Lourenssen SR. Obligatory Activation of SRC and JNK by GDNF for Survival and Axonal Outgrowth of Postnatal Intestinal Neurons. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2021; 42:1569-1583. [PMID: 33544273 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-021-01048-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
The neurotrophin GDNF acts through its co-receptor RET to direct embryonic development of the intestinal nervous system. Since this continues in the post-natal intestine, co-cultures of rat enteric neurons and intestinal smooth muscle cells were used to examine how receptor activation mediates neuronal survival or axonal extension. GDNF-mediated activation of SRC was essential for neuronal survival and axon outgrowth and activated the major downstream signaling pathways. Selective inhibition of individual pathways had little effect on survival but JNK activation was required for axonal maintenance, extension or regeneration. This was localized to axonal endings and retrograde transport was needed for central JUN activation and subsequent axon extension. Collectively, GDNF signaling supports neuronal survival via SRC activation with multiple downstream events, with JNK signaling mediating structural plasticity. These pathways may limit neuron death and drive subsequent regeneration during challenges in vivo such as intestinal inflammation, where supportive strategies could preserve intestinal function.
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- M G Blennerhassett
- Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Unit and Queen's University, Kingston, ON, K7L 2V7, Canada.
- Department of Medicine, GIDRU Wing, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, K7L2V7, Canada.
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- Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Unit and Queen's University, Kingston, ON, K7L 2V7, Canada
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Kostouros A, Koliarakis I, Natsis K, Spandidos DA, Tsatsakis A, Tsiaoussis J. Large intestine embryogenesis: Molecular pathways and related disorders (Review). Int J Mol Med 2020; 46:27-57. [PMID: 32319546 PMCID: PMC7255481 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2020.4583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
The large intestine, part of the gastrointestinal tract (GI), is composed of all three germ layers, namely the endoderm, the mesoderm and the ectoderm, forming the epithelium, the smooth muscle layers and the enteric nervous system, respectively. Since gastrulation, these layers develop simultaneously during embryogenesis, signaling to each other continuously until adult age. Two invaginations, the anterior intestinal portal (AIP) and the caudal/posterior intestinal portal (CIP), elongate and fuse, creating the primitive gut tube, which is then patterned along the antero‑posterior (AP) axis and the radial (RAD) axis in the context of left‑right (LR) asymmetry. These events lead to the formation of three distinct regions, the foregut, midgut and hindgut. All the above‑mentioned phenomena are under strict control from various molecular pathways, which are critical for the normal intestinal development and function. Specifically, the intestinal epithelium constitutes a constantly developing tissue, deriving from the progenitor stem cells at the bottom of the intestinal crypt. Epithelial differentiation strongly depends on the crosstalk with the adjacent mesoderm. Major molecular pathways that are implicated in the embryogenesis of the large intestine include the canonical and non‑canonical wingless‑related integration site (Wnt), bone morphogenetic protein (BMP), Notch and hedgehog systems. The aberrant regulation of these pathways inevitably leads to several intestinal malformation syndromes, such as atresia, stenosis, or agangliosis. Novel theories, involving the regulation and homeostasis of intestinal stem cells, suggest an embryological basis for the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer (CRC). Thus, the present review article summarizes the diverse roles of these molecular factors in intestinal embryogenesis and related disorders.
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- Antonios Kostouros
- Laboratory of Anatomy-Histology-Embryology, Medical School, University of Crete, 71110 Heraklion
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- Laboratory of Anatomy-Histology-Embryology, Medical School, University of Crete, 71110 Heraklion
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- Department of Anatomy and Surgical Anatomy, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, Medical School, University of Crete, 71409 Heraklion, Greece
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- Laboratory of Anatomy-Histology-Embryology, Medical School, University of Crete, 71110 Heraklion
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Margarido AS, Le Guen L, Falco A, Faure S, Chauvet N, de Santa Barbara P. PROX1 is a specific and dynamic marker of sacral neural crest cells in the chicken intestine. J Comp Neurol 2019; 528:879-889. [PMID: 31658363 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 08/31/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
The enteric nervous system (ENS) is a complex network constituted of neurons and glial cells that ensures the intrinsic innervation of the gastrointestinal tract. ENS cells originate from vagal and sacral neural crest cells that are initially located at the border of the neural tube. In birds, sacral neural crest cells (sNCCs) first give rise to an extramural ganglionated structure (the so-called Nerve of Remak [NoR]) and to the pelvic plexus. Later, sNCCs enter the colon mesenchyme to colonize and contribute to the intrinsic innervation of the caudal part of the gut. However, no specific sNCC marker has been described. Here, we report the expression pattern of prospero-related homeobox 1 (PROX1) in the developing chick colon. PROX1 is a homeobox domain transcription factor that plays a role in cell type specification in various tissues. Using in situ hybridization and immunofluorescence techniques, we showed that PROX1 is expressed in sNCCs localized in the NoR and in the pelvic plexus. Then, using real-time quantitative PCR we found that PROX1 displays a strong and highly dynamic expression pattern during NoR development. Moreover, we demonstrated using in vivo cell tracing, that sNCCs are the source of the PROX1-positive cells within the NoR. Our results indicate that PROX1 is the first marker that specifically identifies sNCCs. This might help to better identify the role of the different neural crest cell populations in distal gut innervation, and consequently to improve the diagnosis of diseases linked to incomplete ENS formation, such as Hirschsprung's disease.
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- PHYMEDEXP, Université de Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- PHYMEDEXP, Université de Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- PHYMEDEXP, Université de Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- PHYMEDEXP, Université de Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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van Lennep M, Singendonk MMJ, Dall'Oglio L, Gottrand F, Krishnan U, Terheggen-Lagro SWJ, Omari TI, Benninga MA, van Wijk MP. Oesophageal atresia. Nat Rev Dis Primers 2019; 5:26. [PMID: 31000707 DOI: 10.1038/s41572-019-0077-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Oesophageal atresia (EA) is a congenital abnormality of the oesophagus that is caused by incomplete embryonic compartmentalization of the foregut. EA commonly occurs with a tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TEF). Associated birth defects or anomalies, such as VACTERL association, trisomy 18 or 21 and CHARGE syndrome, occur in the majority of patients born with EA. Although several studies have revealed signalling pathways and genes potentially involved in the development of EA, our understanding of the pathophysiology of EA lags behind the improvements in surgical and clinical care of patients born with this anomaly. EA is treated surgically to restore the oesophageal interruption and, if present, ligate and divide the TEF. Survival is now ~90% in those born with EA with severe associated anomalies and even higher in those born with EA alone. Despite these achievements, long-term gastrointestinal and respiratory complications and comorbidities in patients born with EA are common and lead to decreased quality of life. Oesophageal motility disorders are probably ubiquitous in patients after undergoing EA repair and often underlie these complications and comorbidities. The implementation of several new diagnostic and screening tools in clinical care, including high-resolution impedance manometry, pH-multichannel intraluminal impedance testing and disease-specific quality of life questionnaires now provide better insight into these problems and may contribute to better long-term outcomes in the future.
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- Marinde van Lennep
- Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Digestive Endoscopy and Surgery Unit, Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- CHU Lille, University Lille, National Reference Center for Congenital Malformation of the Esophagus, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, Lille, France
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Discipline of Paediatrics, School of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Pediatric Pulmonology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Center for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Wosen JE, Mukhopadhyay D, Macaubas C, Mellins ED. Epithelial MHC Class II Expression and Its Role in Antigen Presentation in the Gastrointestinal and Respiratory Tracts. Front Immunol 2018; 9:2144. [PMID: 30319613 PMCID: PMC6167424 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 08/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
As the primary barrier between an organism and its environment, epithelial cells are well-positioned to regulate tolerance while preserving immunity against pathogens. Class II major histocompatibility complex molecules (MHC class II) are highly expressed on the surface of epithelial cells (ECs) in both the lung and intestine, although the functional consequences of this expression are not fully understood. Here, we summarize current information regarding the interactions that regulate the expression of EC MHC class II in health and disease. We then evaluate the potential role of EC as non-professional antigen presenting cells. Finally, we explore future areas of study and the potential contribution of epithelial surfaces to gut-lung crosstalk.
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- Jonathan E Wosen
- Program in Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Program in Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Program in Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Program in Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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Kim SY, Ko HS, Kim N, Yim SH, Jung SH, Kim J, Lee MD, Chung YJ. A missense mutation in EBF2 was segregated with imperforate anus in a family across three generations. Am J Med Genet A 2018; 176:1632-1636. [PMID: 29704291 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.38722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Revised: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 04/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The etiology of imperforate anus, a major phenotype of anorectal malformation (ARM), is still unknown and not a single gene has been reported to be associated with it. We studied a Korean family with six affected members with imperforate anus across three generations by whole exome sequencing and identified a missense mutation in the EBF2 gene (c.215C > T; p.Ala72Val). This mutation is completely segregated with the disease phenotype in the family and is evolutionarily highly conserved among diverse vertebrates. Also, this mutation was predicted to be functionally damaging. These results support that missense mutation in the EBF2 c.215C > T (p.Ala72Val) is very likely to contribute to the pathogenesis of ARM in this family.
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- Shinn Young Kim
- Department of Microbiology, Integrated Research Center for Genome Polymorphism, Precision Medicine Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Korean Bioinformation Center, , Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Integrated Research Center for Genome Polymorphism, Precision Medicine Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Preventive Medicine, Baekje General Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Integrated Research Center for Genome Polymorphism, Precision Medicine Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Korean Bioinformation Center, , Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Integrated Research Center for Genome Polymorphism, Precision Medicine Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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Eicher AK, Berns HM, Wells JM. Translating Developmental Principles to Generate Human Gastric Organoids. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol 2018; 5:353-363. [PMID: 29552623 PMCID: PMC5852324 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2017.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 12/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Gastric diseases, including peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer, are highly prevalent in human beings. Despite this, the cellular biology of the stomach remains poorly understood relative to other gastrointestinal organs such as the liver, intestine, and colon. In particular, little is known about the molecular basis of stomach development and the differentiation of gastric lineages. Although animal models are useful for studying gastric development, function, and disease, there are major structural and physiological differences in human stomachs that render these models insufficient. To look at gastric development, function, and disease in a human context, a model system of the human stomach is imperative. This review details how this was achieved through the directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells in a 3-dimensional environment into human gastric organoids (HGOs). Similar to previous work that has generated human intestine, colon, and lung tissue in vitro, HGOs were generated in vitro through a step-wise differentiation designed to mimic the temporal-spatial signaling dynamics that control stomach development in vivo. HGOs can be used for a variety of purposes, including genetic modeling, drug screening, and potentially even in future patient transplantation. Moreover, HGOs are well suited to study the development and interactions of nonepithelial cell types, such as endothelial, neuronal, and mesenchymal, which remain almost completely unstudied. This review discusses the basics of stomach morphology, function, and developmental pathways involved in generating HGOs. We also highlight important gaps in our understanding of how epithelial and mesenchymal interactions are essential for the development and overall function of the human stomach.
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Key Words
- 3-D, 3-dimensional
- BMP, bone morphogenetic protein
- Directed Differentiation
- ECL, enterochromaffin-like
- ENCC, enteric neural crest cell
- ENS, enteric nervous system
- Endoderm
- GI, gastrointestinal
- Gastric Development
- HDGC, hereditary diffuse gastric cancer
- HGO, human gastric organoid
- Organoids
- PSC, pluripotent stem cell
- Pluripotent Stem Cells
- Shh, Sonic hedgehog
- e, embryonic day
- hPSC, human pluripotent stem cell
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- Alexandra K. Eicher
- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio,Division of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio,Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio,Correspondence Address correspondence to: James M. Wells, PhD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229. fax: (513) 636-4317.Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center3333 Burnet AvenueCincinnatiOhio 45229
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Colonic mesenchyme differentiates into smooth muscle before its colonization by vagal enteric neural crest-derived cells in the chick embryo. Cell Tissue Res 2017; 368:503-511. [DOI: 10.1007/s00441-017-2577-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Janssen C, Buttyan R, Seow CY, Jäger W, Solomon D, Fazli L, Chew BH, Lange D. A Role for the Hedgehog Effector Gli1 in Mediating Stent-induced Ureteral Smooth Muscle Dysfunction and Aperistalsis. Urology 2017; 104:242.e1-242.e8. [PMID: 28188758 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2017.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Revised: 09/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To better understand the effects of double J stenting on ureteral physiology and function. MATERIALS AND METHODS In total, 24 pigs were stented cystoscopically unilaterally for 48 hours, 1, 2, 4, and 7 weeks. Controls consisted of un-stented animals (n = 4) or the contralateral un-stented ureter in pigs. Ureters were harvested and tested in tissue baths to evaluate their contractility. Ureteral inflammation and expression of Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) and the transcriptional activator Gli1 (the downstream target of active Hedgehog signaling) were assessed histologically and by immunohistochemistry, respectively. RESULTS Indwelling ureteral stents were found to abolish normal ureteral function in all animals. Specifically, ureteral smooth muscle (SM) activity was significantly diminished within 48 hours after stenting and persisted at the 1-week time point. Furthermore, ureteral SM dysfunction was associated with increasing ureteral dilation due to the indwelling stent. Simultaneously, we observed a loss of Gli1 expression in SM cells, with a concomitant increase in ureteral inflammation. Expression of Shh was restricted to the urothelium and was not different between controls, stented, and contralateral ureters. CONCLUSION Stent-induced aperistalsis was associated with diminished SM contractility, increased tissue inflammation, and reduced Gli1 expression in ureteral SM cells, independent of Shh expression. The present study is the first to show that indwelling stents negatively affect ureteral SM activity and identify a role for specific molecular mechanisms involved.
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- Claudia Janssen
- Department of Urologic Sciences, The Stone Centre at Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Urology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Urologic Sciences, Vancouver Prostate Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, James Hogg Research Centre, St. Paul Hospital/Providence Health Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Urology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany; Department of Urologic Sciences, Vancouver Prostate Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, James Hogg Research Centre, St. Paul Hospital/Providence Health Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Urologic Sciences, Vancouver Prostate Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Urologic Sciences, The Stone Centre at Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Urologic Sciences, The Stone Centre at Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Perin S, McCann CJ, Borrelli O, De Coppi P, Thapar N. Update on Foregut Molecular Embryology and Role of Regenerative Medicine Therapies. Front Pediatr 2017; 5:91. [PMID: 28503544 PMCID: PMC5408018 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2017.00091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Esophageal atresia (OA) represents one of the commonest and most severe developmental disorders of the foregut, the most proximal segment of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract (esophagus and stomach) in embryological terms. Of intrigue is the common origin from this foregut of two very diverse functional entities, the digestive and respiratory systems. OA appears to result from incomplete separation of the ventral and dorsal parts of the foregut during development, resulting in disruption of esophageal anatomy and frequent association with tracheo-oesophageal fistula. Not surprisingly, and likely inherent to OA, are associated abnormalities in components of the enteric neuromusculature and ultimately loss of esophageal functional integrity. An appreciation of such developmental processes and associated defects has not only enhanced our understanding of the etiopathogenesis underlying such devastating defects but also highlighted the potential of novel corrective therapies. There has been considerable progress in the identification and propagation of neural crest stem cells from the GI tract itself or derived from pluripotent cells. Such cells have been successfully transplanted into models of enteric neuropathy confirming their ability to functionally integrate and replenish missing or defective enteric nerves. Combinatorial approaches in tissue engineering hold significant promise for the generation of organ-specific scaffolds such as the esophagus with current initiatives directed toward their cellularization to facilitate optimal function. This chapter outlines the most current understanding of the molecular embryology underlying foregut development and OA, and also explores the promise of regenerative medicine.
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- Silvia Perin
- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- Neurogastroenterology and Motility Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK.,Specialist Neonatal and Paediatric Surgery (SNAPS) Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK.,Neurogastroenterology and Motility Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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The vertebrate small intestine requires an enormous surface area to effectively absorb nutrients from food. Morphological adaptations required to establish this extensive surface include generation of an extremely long tube and convolution of the absorptive surface of the tube into villi and microvilli. In this Review, we discuss recent findings regarding the morphogenetic and molecular processes required for intestinal tube elongation and surface convolution, examine shared and unique aspects of these processes in different species, relate these processes to known human maladies that compromise absorptive function and highlight important questions for future research.
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- Katherine D Walton
- Cell and Developmental Biology Department, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Cell and Developmental Biology Department, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Cell and Developmental Biology Department, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Cell and Developmental Biology Department, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Sagnol S, Marchal S, Yang Y, Allemand F, de Santa Barbara P. Epithelial Splicing Regulatory Protein 1 (ESRP1) is a new regulator of stomach smooth muscle development and plasticity. Dev Biol 2016; 414:207-18. [PMID: 27108394 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Revised: 04/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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In vertebrates, stomach smooth muscle development is a complex process that involves the tight transcriptional or post-transcriptional regulation of different signalling pathways. Here, we identified the RNA-binding protein Epithelial Splicing Regulatory Protein 1 (ESRP1) as an early marker of developing and undifferentiated stomach mesenchyme. Using a gain-of-function approach, we found that in chicken embryos, sustained expression of ESRP1 impairs stomach smooth muscle cell (SMC) differentiation and FGFR2 splicing profile. ESRP1 overexpression in primary differentiated stomach SMCs induced their dedifferentiation, promoted specific-FGFR2b splicing and decreased FGFR2c-dependent activity. Moreover, co-expression of ESRP1 and RBPMS2, another RNA-binding protein that regulates SMC plasticity and Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) pathway inhibition, synergistically promoted SMC dedifferentiation. Finally, we also demonstrated that ESRP1 interacts with RBPMS2 and that RBPMS2-mediated SMC dedifferentiation requires ESRP1. Altogether, these results show that ESRP1 is expressed also in undifferentiated stomach mesenchyme and demonstrate its role in SMC development and plasticity.
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- Sébastien Sagnol
- PhyMedExp, INSERM U1046, CNRS UMR 9214, University of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- PhyMedExp, INSERM U1046, CNRS UMR 9214, University of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, CNRS UMR 5048, INSERM U1054, University of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, CNRS UMR 5048, INSERM U1054, University of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- PhyMedExp, INSERM U1046, CNRS UMR 9214, University of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France.
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Sirakov M, Boussouar A, Kress E, Frau C, Lone IN, Nadjar J, Angelov D, Plateroti M. The thyroid hormone nuclear receptor TRα1 controls the Notch signaling pathway and cell fate in murine intestine. Development 2015; 142:2764-74. [PMID: 26286942 DOI: 10.1242/dev.121962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Thyroid hormones control various aspects of gut development and homeostasis. The best-known example is in gastrointestinal tract remodeling during amphibian metamorphosis. It is well documented that these hormones act via the TR nuclear receptors, which are hormone-modulated transcription factors. Several studies have shown that thyroid hormones regulate the expression of several genes in the Notch signaling pathway, indicating a possible means by which they participate in the control of gut physiology. However, the mechanisms and biological significance of this control have remained unexplored. Using multiple in vivo and in vitro approaches, we show that thyroid hormones positively regulate Notch activity through the TRα1 receptor. From a molecular point of view, TRα1 indirectly controls Notch1, Dll1, Dll4 and Hes1 expression but acts as a direct transcriptional regulator of the Jag1 gene by binding to a responsive element in the Jag1 promoter. Our findings show that the TRα1 nuclear receptor plays a key role in intestinal crypt progenitor/stem cell biology by controlling the Notch pathway and hence the balance between cell proliferation and cell differentiation.
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- Maria Sirakov
- Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 16 Rue Raphael Dubois, Villeurbanne 69622, France
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- Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 16 Rue Raphael Dubois, Villeurbanne 69622, France
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- Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 16 Rue Raphael Dubois, Villeurbanne 69622, France
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- Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 16 Rue Raphael Dubois, Villeurbanne 69622, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire de la cellule, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, Lyon 69007, France
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- Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 16 Rue Raphael Dubois, Villeurbanne 69622, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire de la cellule, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, Lyon 69007, France
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- Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 16 Rue Raphael Dubois, Villeurbanne 69622, France
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van der Werf CS, Halim D, Verheij JB, Alves MM, Hofstra RM. Congenital Short Bowel Syndrome: from clinical and genetic diagnosis to the molecular mechanisms involved in intestinal elongation. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2015; 1852:2352-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2015.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2015] [Revised: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Faure S, McKey J, Sagnol S, de Santa Barbara P. Enteric neural crest cells regulate vertebrate stomach patterning and differentiation. Development 2015; 142:331-42. [DOI: 10.1242/dev.118422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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In vertebrates, the digestive tract develops from a uniform structure where reciprocal epithelial-mesenchymal interactions pattern this complex organ into regions with specific morphologies and functions. Concomitant with these early patterning events, the primitive GI tract is colonized by the vagal enteric neural crest cells (vENCCs), a population of cells that will give rise to the enteric nervous system (ENS), the intrinsic innervation of the GI tract. The influence of vENCCs on early patterning and differentiation of the GI tract has never been evaluated. In this study, we report that a crucial number of vENCCs is required for proper chick stomach development, patterning and differentiation. We show that reducing the number of vENCCs by performing vENCC ablations induces sustained activation of the BMP and Notch pathways in the stomach mesenchyme and impairs smooth muscle development. A reduction in vENCCs also leads to the transdifferentiation of the stomach into a stomach-intestinal mixed phenotype. In addition, sustained Notch signaling activity in the stomach mesenchyme phenocopies the defects observed in vENCC-ablated stomachs, indicating that inhibition of the Notch signaling pathway is essential for stomach patterning and differentiation. Finally, we report that a crucial number of vENCCs is also required for maintenance of stomach identity and differentiation through inhibition of the Notch signaling pathway. Altogether, our data reveal that, through the regulation of mesenchyme identity, vENCCs act as a new mediator in the mesenchymal-epithelial interactions that control stomach development.
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- Sandrine Faure
- INSERM U1046, Université Montpellier 1, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier 34295, France
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- INSERM U1046, Université Montpellier 1, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier 34295, France
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- INSERM U1046, Université Montpellier 1, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier 34295, France
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Li Y, Pan J, Wei C, Chen J, Liu Y, Liu J, Zhang X, Evans SM, Cui Y, Cui S. LIM homeodomain transcription factor Isl1 directs normal pyloric development by targeting Gata3. BMC Biol 2014; 12:25. [PMID: 24674670 PMCID: PMC4021819 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-12-25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2014] [Accepted: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Background Abnormalities in pyloric development or in contractile function of the pylorus cause reflux of duodenal contents into the stomach and increase the risk of gastric metaplasia and cancer. Abnormalities of the pyloric region are also linked to congenital defects such as the relatively common neonatal hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, and primary duodenogastric reflux. Therefore, understanding pyloric development is of great clinical relevance. Here, we investigated the role of the LIM homeodomain transcription factor Isl1 in pyloric development. Results Examination of Isl1 expression in developing mouse stomach by immunohistochemistry, whole mount in situ hybridization and real-time quantitative PCR demonstrated that Isl1 is highly expressed in developing mouse stomach, principally in the smooth muscle layer of the pylorus. Isl1 expression was also examined by immunofluorescence in human hypertrophic pyloric stenosis where the majority of smooth muscle cells were found to express Isl1. Isl1 function in embryonic stomach development was investigated utilizing a tamoxifen-inducible Isl1 knockout mouse model. Isl1 deficiency led to nearly complete absence of the pyloric outer longitudinal muscle layer at embryonic day 18.5, which is consistent with Gata3 null mouse phenotype. Chromatin immunoprecipitation, luciferase assays, and electrophoretic mobility shift assays revealed that Isl1 ensures normal pyloric development by directly targeting Gata3. Conclusions This study demonstrates that the Isl1-Gata3 transcription regulatory axis is essential for normal pyloric development. These findings are highly clinically relevant and may help to better understand pathways leading to pyloric disease.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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Faure S, Georges M, McKey J, Sagnol S, de Santa Barbara P. Expression pattern of the homeotic gene Bapx1 during early chick gastrointestinal tract development. Gene Expr Patterns 2013; 13:287-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2013.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2013] [Revised: 05/14/2013] [Accepted: 05/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Illig R, Fritsch H, Schwarzer C. Spatio-temporal expression ofHOXgenes in human hindgut development. Dev Dyn 2012; 242:53-66. [DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.23893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Notarnicola C, Rouleau C, Le Guen L, Virsolvy A, Richard S, Faure S, De Santa Barbara P. The RNA-binding protein RBPMS2 regulates development of gastrointestinal smooth muscle. Gastroenterology 2012; 143:687-697.e9. [PMID: 22683258 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.05.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2011] [Revised: 05/24/2012] [Accepted: 05/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Gastrointestinal development requires regulated differentiation of visceral smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and their contractile activities; alterations in these processes might lead to gastrointestinal neuromuscular disorders. Gastrointestinal SMC development and remodeling involves post-transcriptional modification of messenger RNA. We investigated the function of the RNA-binding protein for multiple splicing 2 (RBPMS2) during normal development of visceral smooth muscle in chicken and expression of its transcript in human pathophysiological conditions. METHODS We used avian replication-competent retroviral misexpression approaches to analyze the function of RBPMS2 in vivo and in primary cultures of chicken SMCs. We analyzed levels of RBPMS2 transcripts in colon samples from pediatric patients with Hirschsprung's disease and patients with chronic pseudo obstruction syndrome (CIPO) with megacystis. RESULTS RBPMS2 was expressed strongly during the early stage of visceral SMC development and quickly down-regulated in differentiated and mature SMCs. Misexpression of RBPMS2 in differentiated visceral SMCs induced their dedifferentiation and reduced their contractility by up-regulating expression of Noggin, which reduced activity of bone morphogenetic protein. Visceral smooth muscles from pediatric patients with CIPO expressed high levels of RBPMS2 transcripts, compared with smooth muscle from patients without this disorder. CONCLUSIONS Expression of RBPMS2 is present in visceral SMC precursors. Sustained expression of RBPMS2 inhibits the expression of markers of SMC differentiation by inhibiting bone morphogenetic protein activity, and stimulates SMC proliferation. RBPMS2 transcripts are up-regulated in patients with CIPO; alterations in RBPMS2 function might be involved in digestive motility disorders, particularly those characterized by the presence of muscular lesions (visceral myopathies).
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- Cécile Notarnicola
- INSERM U1046, Université Montpellier 1, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
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- INSERM U1046, Université Montpellier 1, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France; CHRU Montpellier, Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, Montpellier, France
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- INSERM U1046, Université Montpellier 1, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
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- INSERM U1046, Université Montpellier 1, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
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- INSERM U1046, Université Montpellier 1, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
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- INSERM U1046, Université Montpellier 1, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
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Rouleau C, Rico C, Hapkova I, de Santa Barbara P. Immunohistochemical analysis of bone morphological protein signaling pathway in human myometrium. Exp Mol Pathol 2012; 93:56-60. [PMID: 22537545 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2012.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2012] [Accepted: 04/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We assessed by immunohistochemistry the expression of the phosphorylated (activated) form of Smad1 and 5 (P-SMAD1/5), of Noggin and of two smooth muscle cell markers (α-SMA and SM22) in a series of human myometrium samples and in a smooth muscle cell line derived from human myometrium (HUt-SMC, PromoCell, USA). Myometrium samples were removed from two cadavers (a fetus at 26 weeks of gestation and a neonate) and from ten non-menopausal women who underwent hysterectomy for adenomyosis and leiomyoma. P-SMAD1/5 expression was never detected in myometrium (both normal and pathological specimens), but only as a nuclear positive staining in glandular and luminal epithelial cells in sections in which also the endometrial mucosa was present. Noggin was strongly expressed especially in myometrium and adenomyosis samples from non-menopausal patients in comparison to the neonatal and fetal myometrium specimens in which muscle cells were less positive. In more than 95% of HUt-SMCs, α-SMA and Desmin were co-expressed, indicating a pure smooth muscle phenotype. When progesterone was added to the culture medium, no P-SMAD1/5 expression was detected, whereas the expression Noggin and SM22, a marker of differentiated smooth muscle cells, increased by 3 fold (p=0.002) and 4.3 fold (p=0.001), respectively (p=0.002). Our results suggest that, in non-menopausal normal human myometrium, the BMP pathway might be inhibited and that this inhibition might be enhanced by progesterone, which increases the differentiation of smooth muscle cells (SM22 levels). These findings could help in the identification of new mechanisms that regulate uterine motility.
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- Caroline Rouleau
- INSERM 1046 Unit, Médecine expérimentale Coeur et muscle, Montpellier University Hospital, 371 avenue du Doyen gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier, France.
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Rathod KJ, Vaze D, Narasimhan KL. Novel association of multiple gastrointestinal anomalies in a single patient: can Sonic Hedgehog explain it? Congenit Anom (Kyoto) 2012; 52:62-3. [PMID: 22348785 DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2011.00320.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The occurrence of four gastrointestinal (GIT) anomalies in a single patient is extremely rare. Only one report of four GIT anomalies in a child has been published in the English literature. The current report presents a child with four anomalies and discusses the molecular mechanisms which control the development of the gastrointestinal tract.
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- Kirtikumar J Rathod
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Advanced Pediatric Center and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
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Zacharias WJ, Madison BB, Kretovich KE, Walton KD, Richards N, Udager AM, Li X, Gumucio DL. Hedgehog signaling controls homeostasis of adult intestinal smooth muscle. Dev Biol 2011; 355:152-62. [PMID: 21545794 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2011] [Revised: 03/31/2011] [Accepted: 04/20/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The Hedgehog (Hh) pathway plays multiple patterning roles during development of the mammalian gastrointestinal tract, but its role in adult gut function has not been extensively examined. Here we show that chronic reduction in the combined epithelial Indian (Ihh) and Sonic (Shh) hedgehog signal leads to mislocalization of intestinal subepithelial myofibroblasts, loss of smooth muscle in villus cores and muscularis mucosa as well as crypt hyperplasia. In contrast, chronic over-expression of Ihh in the intestinal epithelium leads to progressive expansion of villus smooth muscle, but does not result in reduced epithelial proliferation. Together, these mouse models show that smooth muscle populations in the adult intestinal lamina propria are highly sensitive to the level of Hh ligand. We demonstrate further that Hh ligand drives smooth muscle differentiation in primary intestinal mesenchyme cultures and that cell-autonomous Hh signal transduction in C3H10T1/2 cells activates the smooth muscle master regulator Myocardin (Myocd) and induces smooth muscle differentiation. The rapid kinetics of Myocd activation by Hh ligands as well as the presence of an unusual concentration of Gli sties in this gene suggest that regulation of Myocd by Hh might be direct. Thus, these data indicate that Hh is a critical regulator of adult intestinal smooth muscle homeostasis and suggest an important link between Hh signaling and Myocd activation. Moreover, the data support the idea that lowered Hh signals promote crypt expansion and increased epithelial cell proliferation, but indicate that chronically increased Hh ligand levels do not dampen crypt proliferation as previously proposed.
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- William J Zacharias
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Rehimi R, Khalida N, Yusuf F, Morosan-Puopolo G, Brand-Saberi B. A novel role of CXCR4 and SDF-1 during migration of cloacal muscle precursors. Dev Dyn 2010; 239:1622-31. [PMID: 20503359 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The cloaca acts as a common chamber into which gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts converge in lower vertebrates. The distal end of the cloaca is guarded by a ring of cloacal muscles or sphincters, the equivalent of perineal muscles in mammals. It has recently been shown that the development of the cloacal musculature depends on hindlimb muscle formation. The signaling molecules responsible for the outward migration of hindlimb myogenic precursors are not known. Based on the expression studies for CXCR4 and SDF-1, we hypothesized a role of this signaling pair during cloacal muscle precursor migration. The aim of our study was to investigate the role of SDF-1/CXCR4 during cloacal muscle precursor migration in the chicken embryos. We show that SDF-1 is expressed in the cloacal region, and by experimentally manipulating the SDF-1/CXCR4 signaling, we can show that SDF-1 guides the migration of CXCR4-expressing cloacal muscle precursors.
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- Rizwan Rehimi
- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Embryology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Mao J, Kim BM, Rajurkar M, Shivdasani RA, McMahon AP. Hedgehog signaling controls mesenchymal growth in the developing mammalian digestive tract. Development 2010; 137:1721-9. [PMID: 20430747 DOI: 10.1242/dev.044586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Homeostasis of the vertebrate digestive tract requires interactions between an endodermal epithelium and mesenchymal cells derived from the splanchnic mesoderm. Signaling between these two tissue layers is also crucial for patterning and growth of the developing gut. From early developmental stages, sonic hedgehog (Shh) and indian hedgehog (Ihh) are secreted by the endoderm of the mammalian gut, indicative of a developmental role. Further, misregulated hedgehog (Hh) signaling is implicated in both congenital defects and cancers arising from the gastrointestinal tract. In the mouse, only limited gastrointestinal anomalies arise following removal of either Shh or Ihh. However, given the considerable overlap in their endodermal expression domains, a functional redundancy between these signals might mask a more extensive role for Hh signaling in development of the mammalian gut. To address this possibility, we adopted a conditional approach to remove both Shh and Ihh functions from early mouse gut endoderm. Analysis of compound mutants indicates that continuous Hh signaling is dispensable for regional patterning of the gut tube, but is essential for growth of the underlying mesenchyme. Additional in vitro analysis, together with genetic gain-of-function studies, further demonstrate that Hh proteins act as paracrine mitogens to promote the expansion of adjacent mesenchymal progenitors, including those of the smooth muscle compartment. Together, these studies provide new insights into tissue interactions underlying mammalian gastrointestinal organogenesis and disease.
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- Junhao Mao
- Department of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, LRB 405, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
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Hirschsprung disease (HD) and anorectal malformations (ARMs) result from alterations in hindgut development. It has long been recognized that both recur in families and thus result, at least in part, from genetic factors. Progress in the understanding of the genetic basis of HD has been made by the application of findings from genetic animal models of altered enteric nervous system development to human beings. Several genes have been shown to be important for human enteric nervous system development, and current work is progressing to identify genetic interactions that may explain the variable phenotype of HD. By contrast, understanding of the genetic factors underlying ARMs is much less developed. We and others have shown that genetic factors play an important role in the pathogenesis of ARMs, and many mouse genetic models suggest molecular pathways that may be altered in ARMs.
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- Erin Mundt
- Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Rouleau C, Matécki S, Kalfa N, Costes V, De Santa Barbara P. Activation of MAP kinase (ERK1/2) in human neonatal colonic enteric nervous system. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2009; 21:207-14. [PMID: 18798794 PMCID: PMC2913054 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2008.01187.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The aim of this study was to examine mitogen-activated protein kinase (ERK1/2) activation in the human neonatal colonic enteric nervous system. For this, we investigated by immunocytochemistry the cellular localization of phosphorylated ERK1/2 (P-ERK) in a series of normal human colon samples removed from newborns and in patients with intestinal obstruction such as Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR), stenosis and atresia. We checked the presence of P-ERK in the three distinct histological layers of normal colon. Phosphorylated ERK was detected in the colonic mucosa, in the enteric nervous system and in endothelial cells. In the mucosa from normal colon, P-ERK was detected at the upper part of the crypt, while P-ERK activation in epithelial cells is altered in HSCR, stenosis and atresia. In the normal colon, strong P-ERK staining was detected in myenteric and submucosal enteric plexuses. Using confocal microscopy analyses, we observed that P-ERK staining was localized in enteric glial cells and not in enteric neurons. Strong P-ERK staining was also observed in plexuses from stenosis and atresia whereas in HSCR, hypertrophic nerve fibres were not stained.
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- Caroline Rouleau
- Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologique
Hôpital LapeyronieCHU montpellierFR,Muscle et pathologies
INSERM : ERI25IFR3Université Montpellier I : EA4202hopital arnaud de villeneuve 371, avenue du doyen gaston giraud 34295 Montpellier Cedex 05,FR
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- Muscle et pathologies
INSERM : ERI25IFR3Université Montpellier I : EA4202hopital arnaud de villeneuve 371, avenue du doyen gaston giraud 34295 Montpellier Cedex 05,FR
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- Service de chirurgie viscérale pédiatrique
CHU montpellierHôpital LapeyronieFR
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- Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologique
Hôpital LapeyronieCHU montpellierFR
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- Muscle et pathologies
INSERM : ERI25IFR3Université Montpellier I : EA4202hopital arnaud de villeneuve 371, avenue du doyen gaston giraud 34295 Montpellier Cedex 05,FR,* Correspondence should be adressed to: Pascal De Santa Barbara
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Le Guen L, Notarnicola C, de Santa Barbara P. Intermuscular tendons are essential for the development of vertebrate stomach. Development 2009; 136:791-801. [PMID: 19176584 DOI: 10.1242/dev.029942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Gastrointestinal motility is ensured by the correct coordination of the enteric nervous system and the visceral smooth muscle cells (SMCs), and defective development of SMCs results in gut malformations and intestinal obstructions. In order to identify the molecular mechanisms that control the differentiation of the visceral mesenchyme into SMCs in the vertebrate stomach, we developed microarrays to analyze the gene expression profiles of undifferentiated and differentiated avian stomachs. We identify Scleraxis, a basic-helix-loop-helix transcription factor, as a new marker of stomach mesenchyme and find that expression of Scleraxis defines the presence of two tendons closely associated to the two visceral smooth muscles. Using targeted gene misexpression, we show that FGF signaling is sufficient to induce Scleraxis expression and to establish two tendon domains adjacent to the smooth muscle structures. We also demonstrate that the tendon organization is perturbed by altering Scleraxis expression or function. Moreover, using primary cells derived from stomach mesenchyme, we find that undifferentiated stomach mesenchyme can give rise to both SMCs and tendon cells. These data show that upon FGF activation, selected stomach mesenchymal cells are primed to express Scleraxis and to differentiate into tendon cells. Our findings identify a new anatomical and functional domain in the vertebrate stomach that we characterize as being two intermuscular tendons closely associated with the visceral SMC structures. We also demonstrate that the coordinated development of both tendon and smooth muscle domains is essential for the correct morphogenesis of the stomach.
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- Ludovic Le Guen
- INSERM ERI 25, Muscle and Pathologies, Montpellier Cedex 05, France
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Parashurama N, Nahmias Y, Cho CH, van Poll D, Tilles AW, Berthiaume F, Yarmush ML. Activin alters the kinetics of endoderm induction in embryonic stem cells cultured on collagen gels. Stem Cells 2007; 26:474-84. [PMID: 18065398 DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-0303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Embryonic stem cell-derived endoderm is critical for the development of cellular therapies for the treatment of disease such as diabetes, liver cirrhosis, or pulmonary emphysema. Here, we describe a novel approach to induce endoderm from mouse embryonic stem (mES) cells using fibronectin-coated collagen gels. This technique results in a homogeneous endoderm-like cell population, demonstrating endoderm-specific gene and protein expression, which remains committed following in vivo transplantation. In this system, activin, normally an endoderm inducer, caused an 80% decrease in the Foxa2-positive endoderm fraction, whereas follistatin increased the Foxa2-positive endoderm fraction to 78%. Our work suggests that activin delays the induction of endoderm through its transient precursors, the epiblast and mesendoderm. Long-term differentiation displays a twofold reduction in hepatic gene expression and threefold reduction in hepatic protein expression of activin-treated cells compared with follistatin-treated cells. Moreover, subcutaneous transplantation of activin-treated cells in a syngeneic mouse generated a heterogeneous teratoma-like mass, suggesting that these were a more primitive population. In contrast, follistatin-treated cells resulted in an encapsulated epithelial-like mass, suggesting that these cells remained committed to the endoderm lineage. In conclusion, we demonstrate a novel technique to induce the direct differentiation of endoderm from mES cells without cell sorting. In addition, our work suggests a new role for activin in induction of the precursors to endoderm and a new endoderm-enrichment technique using follistatin.
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- Natesh Parashurama
- The Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Ishizuya-Oka A. Regeneration of the amphibian intestinal epithelium under the control of stem cell niche. Dev Growth Differ 2007; 49:99-107. [PMID: 17335431 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2007.00913.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The epithelium of the mammalian digestive tract originates from stem cells and undergoes rapid cell-renewal throughout adulthood. It has been proposed that the microenvironment around the stem cells, called 'niche', plays an important role in epithelial cell-renewal through cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions. The amphibian intestine, which establishes epithelial cell-renewal during metamorphosis, serves as a unique and good model for studying molecular mechanisms of the stem cell niche. By using the organ culture of the Xenopus laevis intestine, we have previously shown that larval-to-adult epithelial remodeling can be organ-autonomously induced by thyroid hormone (TH) and needs interactions with the surrounding connective tissue. Thus, in this animal model, the functional analysis of TH response genes is useful for clarifying the epithelial-connective tissue interactions essential for intestinal remodeling at the molecular level. Recent progress in culture and transgenic technology now enables us to investigate functions of such TH response genes in the X. laevis intestine and sheds light on molecular aspects of the stem cell niche that are common to the mammalian intestine.
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- Atsuko Ishizuya-Oka
- Department of Biology, Nippon Medical School, 2-297-2 Kosugi-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 211-0063, Japan.
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Ishizuya-Oka A, Shi YB. Regulation of adult intestinal epithelial stem cell development by thyroid hormone duringXenopus laevis metamorphosis. Dev Dyn 2007; 236:3358-68. [PMID: 17705305 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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During amphibian metamorphosis, most or all of the larval intestinal epithelial cells undergo apoptosis. In contrast, stem cells of yet-unknown origin actively proliferate and, under the influence of the connective tissue, differentiate into the adult epithelium analogous to the mammalian counterpart. Thus, amphibian intestinal remodeling is useful for studying the stem cell niche, the clarification of which is urgently needed for regenerative therapies. This review highlights the molecular aspects of the niche using the Xenopus laevis intestine as a model. Because amphibian metamorphosis is completely controlled by thyroid hormone (TH), the analysis of TH response genes serves as a powerful means for clarifying its molecular mechanisms. Although functional analysis of the genes is still on the way, recent progresses in organ culture and transgenic studies have gradually uncovered important roles of cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions through stromelysin-3 and sonic hedgehog/bone morphogenetic protein-4 signaling pathway in the epithelial stem cell development.
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Liu G, Moro A, Zhang JJR, Cheng W, Qiu W, Kim PCW. The role of Shh transcription activator Gli2 in chick cloacal development. Dev Biol 2006; 303:448-60. [PMID: 17239843 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.10.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2006] [Revised: 09/19/2006] [Accepted: 10/27/2006] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Patterning and differentiation along the dorsal-ventral (D-V) axis lead to cloacal partitioning into ventral urinary and dorsal alimentary tracts in most mammals, but not birds and fish. We previously reported that the major activator of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling transcription factor Gli2 plays an essential role in cloacal partitioning along the D-V axis in a mouse model. Here, we report that chick cloacal patterning and differentiation is along the anterior-posterior axis. During chick cloacal formation, Shh is expressed strongly in hindgut endoderm; Gli2 is very weakly detected in the surrounding hindgut mesoderm. In the mesoderm of the cloacal region, the over-expression of the constitutively active form of mouse Gli2 has been shown to: not induce cloacal partitioning along the D-V axis; induce expression of Ptch1, Gli2, bmp4, wnt5a, and hoxd-13, which have been previously shown to play a role in hindgut patterning; increase cell proliferation; and reduce apoptosis. Interestingly, p63 expression in the cloacal endoderm is also up-regulated, suggesting an interaction between the Shh and p63 pathways. In conclusion, Gli2 alone is insufficient to induce partitioning along the D-V axis in the chick embryo. However, Gli2 regulates both epithelial and mesenchymal cell proliferation and apoptosis during cloacal development.
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- Guodong Liu
- Department of Surgery, Programs of Infection, Immunity, Injury and Repair, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Suite 1526, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8
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Ishizuya-Oka A, Shi YB. Molecular mechanisms for thyroid hormone-induced remodeling in the amphibian digestive tract: a model for studying organ regeneration. Dev Growth Differ 2006; 47:601-7. [PMID: 16316405 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2005.00833.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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During amphibian metamorphosis the digestive tract is extensively remodeled under the control of epithelial-connective tissue interactions. At the cellular level, larval epithelial cells undergo apoptosis, while a small number of stem cells appear, actively proliferate, and then differentiate to form adult epithelium that is analogous to its mammalian counterpart. Therefore the amphibian digestive tract is a unique model system for the study of postembryonic organ regeneration. As amphibian intestinal remodeling can be triggered by thyroid hormone (TH), the molecular mechanisms involved can be studied from the perspective of examining the expression cascade of TH response genes. A number of these genes have been isolated from the intestine of Xenopus laevis. Recent progress in the functional analysis of this cascade has shed light on key molecules in intestinal remodeling such as matrix metalloproteinase-11, sonic hedgehog, and bone morphogenetic protein-4. These genes are also thought to play key roles in organogenesis and/or homeostasis in both chick and mammalian digestive tract, suggesting the existence of conserved mechanisms underlying such events in terrestrial vertebrates. In this article, we review our recent findings in this field, focusing on the development of adult epithelium in the X. laevis intestine.
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- Atsuko Ishizuya-Oka
- Department of Biology, Nippon Medical School, 2-297-2 Kosugi-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 211-0063, Japan.
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De Santa Barbara P, Williams J, Goldstein AM, Doyle AM, Nielsen C, Winfield S, Faure S, Roberts DJ. Bone morphogenetic protein signaling pathway plays multiple roles during gastrointestinal tract development. Dev Dyn 2006; 234:312-22. [PMID: 16110505 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling pathway plays an essential role during gastrointestinal (GI) tract development in vertebrates. In the present study, we use an antibody that recognizes the phosphorylated and activated form of Smad1, 5, and 8 to examine (by immunohistochemistry) the endogenous patterns of BMP signaling pathway activation in the developing GI tract. We show that the endogenous BMP signaling pathway is activated in the mesoderm, the endoderm, and the enteric nervous system (ENS) of the developing chick GI tract and is more widespread than BMP ligand expression patterns. Using an avian-specific retroviral misexpression technique to activate or inhibit BMP signaling pathway activity in the mesoderm of the gut, we show that BMP activity is required for the pattern, the development, and the differentiation of all three tissue types of the gut: mesoderm (that forms the visceral smooth muscle), endoderm (that forms the epithelium), and ectoderm (that forms the ENS). These results demonstrate that BMP signaling is activated in all the tissue layers of the GI tract during the development and plays a role during interactions and reciprocal communications of these tissue layers.
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Takamoto N, You LR, Moses K, Chiang C, Zimmer WE, Schwartz RJ, DeMayo FJ, Tsai MJ, Tsai SY. COUP-TFII is essential for radial and anteroposterior patterning of the stomach. Development 2005; 132:2179-89. [PMID: 15829524 DOI: 10.1242/dev.01808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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COUP-TFII, an orphan member of the steroid receptor superfamily, has been implicated in mesenchymal-epithelial interaction during organogenesis. The generation of a lacZ knock-in allele in the COUP-TFII locus in mice allows us to use X-gal staining to follow the expression of COUP-TFII in the developing stomach. We found COUP-TFII is expressed in the mesenchyme and the epithelium of the developing stomach. Conditional ablation of floxed COUP-TFII by Nkx3-2Cre recombinase in the gastric mesenchyme results in dysmorphogenesis of the developing stomach manifested by major patterning defects in posteriorization and radial patterning. The epithelial outgrowth, the expansion of the circular smooth muscle layer and enteric neurons as well as the posteriorization of the stomach resemble phenotypes exhibited by inhibition of hedgehog signaling pathways. Using organ cultures and cyclopamine treatment, we showed downregulation of COUP-TFII level in the stomach, suggesting COUP-TFII as a target of hedgehog signaling in the stomach. Our results are consistent with a functional link between hedgehog proteins and COUP-TFII, factors that are vital for epithelial-mesenchymal interactions.
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- Norio Takamoto
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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The function of an organ is dependent on its cellular constituents as well as on their assembly into a cohesive unit. The developing gut faces unique challenges as one of the longest and largest organs in the body and also because it is constantly interfacing with external factors through the diet. Its location deep within the body has until recently hampered investigation into its formation. The patterning of the gut along its longitudinal, dorsoventral, left-right, and radial axes is one of the fascinating issues that pertain to the development, function, and homeostasis of this understudied organ.
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- Didier Y R Stainier
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Programs in Developmental Biology, Genetics and Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-2711, USA.
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To be seriously considered, a theory about the pathogenesis of a multiple congenital anomaly syndrome should meet three criteria: (1) it should explain all of the anomalies associated with the syndrome; (2) it should explain why certain anomalies are not associated with the syndrome; and (3) it should predict anomalies that could be associated with the syndrome, but have not yet been described. The theory must eventually pass the ultimate test, that is, molecular confirmation of the proposed mechanism. Several theories about the pathogenesis of CHARGE syndrome have been proposed, but none of these meet the three criteria stated above. In this study, the author proposes that CHARGE syndrome is due to a disruption of mesenchymal-epithelial interaction (epithelial includes ectoderm and endoderm). The theory is tested against the major, minor, and occasional anomalies that are used to make the clinical diagnosis of CHARGE syndrome. Review of the known embryology of the organs and tissues involved in CHARGE syndrome confirms that mesenchymal-epithelial interactions are necessary for proper formation of these organs and tissues. The presence of limb anomalies in approximately one-third of CHARGE syndrome patients fulfills criteria #3 above, in that limb anomalies were not felt to be a part of CHARGE syndrome until relatively recently. It is known that some patients with chromosomal abnormalities have a phenotype that overlaps with CHARGE syndrome. Given that critical developmental pathways must be robust and redundant in order to minimize errors, it may be that disruption of more than one gene is necessary to generate the CHARGE phenotype, as has been proposed for the holoprosencephaly sequence. Mutations and deletions of CHD7 have recently been identified as causing CHARGE syndrome in more than 50% of tested patients. Given this gene classes' putative role as a general controller of developmental gene expression as well as mesodermal patterning, it would fit the hypothesized mechanisms discussed in the study.
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- Marc S Williams
- Department of Pediatrics, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA.
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Ishizuya-Oka A. Epithelial-Connective Tissue Cross-Talk Is Essential for Regeneration of Intestinal Epithelium. J NIPPON MED SCH 2005; 72:13-8. [PMID: 15834203 DOI: 10.1272/jnms.72.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Epithelial cells of the gastrointestine undergo a rapid cell-renewal and originate from stem cells throughout the life of the organisms. Previous studies have provided a solid body of evidence to show that the epithelial cell-renewal is under the strict control of cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions between the epithelium and the connective tissue. Especially, the microenvironment around the stem cells called "niche" is thought to play important roles in this control, and its disruption leads to diseases or disorders such as cancer in the human gastrointestine. Although understanding how the niche affects the stem cells is clinically important, its mechanisms still remain mostly unknown at the molecular level, possibly due to difficulties in the identification of the stem cells in the gastrointestine. Recent progress in cell and molecular biology is gradually beginning to shed light on some of the key signaling pathways in the cell-renewal of the intestinal epithelium, such as Wnt/T-cell factor (TCF)/beta-catenin, Notch, Sonic hedgehog (Shh)/bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling pathways, which are also involved in embryonic organogenesis and/or adult carcinogenesis. At present, only fragmentary information is available on their precise functions in the intestine. Nevertheless, there is a growing body of evidence that such signaling pathways have conservative functions in the intestine throughout terrestrial vertebrates, suggesting the usefulness of experimental animals to clarify molecular mechanisms regulating epithelial cell-renewal. In this article, I review some recent findings in this field, with particular focus on our studies using the Xenopus laevis intestine, where the stem cells form the mammalian-type intestinal epithelium under the control of connective tissue during metamorphosis. This Xenopus experimental system will certainly serve as a useful model for the study of the intestinal niche, whose clarification is urgently needed in regenerative medicine.
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- Atsuko Ishizuya-Oka
- Department of Biology, Nippon Medical School, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 211-0063, Japan.
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Moniot B, Biau S, Faure S, Nielsen CM, Berta P, Roberts DJ, De Santa Barbara P. SOX9 specifies the pyloric sphincter epithelium through mesenchymal-epithelial signals. Development 2004; 131:3795-804. [PMID: 15240557 PMCID: PMC2442161 DOI: 10.1242/dev.01259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Gastrointestinal (GI) development is highly conserved across vertebrates. Although several transcription factors and morphogenic proteins are involved in the molecular controls of GI development, the interplay between these factors is not fully understood. We report herein the expression pattern of Sox9 during GI development, and provide evidence that it functions, in part, to define the pyloric sphincter epithelium. SOX9 is expressed in the endoderm of the GI tract (with the exclusion of the gizzard) and its derivate organs, the lung and pancreas. Moreover, SOX9 is also expressed at the mesoderm of the pyloric sphincter, a structure that demarcates the gizzard from the duodenum. Using retroviral misexpression technique, we show that Sox9 expression in the pyloric sphincter is under the control of the BMP signaling pathway, known to play a key role in the development of this structure. By misexpressing SOX9 in the mesoderm of the gizzard, we show that SOX9 is able to transdifferentiate the adjacent gizzard epithelium into pyloric sphincter-like epithelium through the control of mesodermal-epithelial signals mediated in part by Gremlin (a modulator of the BMP pathway). Our results suggest that SOX9 is necessary and sufficient to specify the pyloric sphincter epithelial properties.
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- Brigitte Moniot
- IGH, Institut de génétique humaine
CNRS : UPR1142institut de Génétique humaine
141 Rue de la Cardonille
34396 MONTPELLIER CEDEX 5,FR
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- IGH, Institut de génétique humaine
CNRS : UPR1142institut de Génétique humaine
141 Rue de la Cardonille
34396 MONTPELLIER CEDEX 5,FR
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- CRBM, Centre de recherches de biochimie macromoléculaire
CNRS : FRE25931919 Route de Mende
34293 MONTPELLIER CEDEX 5,FR
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- Department of Pathology
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, MA 02114,US
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- IGH, Institut de génétique humaine
CNRS : UPR1142institut de Génétique humaine
141 Rue de la Cardonille
34396 MONTPELLIER CEDEX 5,FR
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- Department of Pathology
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, MA 02114,US
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- IGH, Institut de génétique humaine
CNRS : UPR1142institut de Génétique humaine
141 Rue de la Cardonille
34396 MONTPELLIER CEDEX 5,FR
- * Correspondence should be adressed to: Pascal De Santa Barbara
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Celli J, van Bokhoven H, Brunner HG. Feingold syndrome: clinical review and genetic mapping. Am J Med Genet A 2004; 122A:294-300. [PMID: 14518066 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Feingold syndrome is characterized by autosomal dominant inheritance of microcephaly and limb malformations, notably hypoplastic thumbs, and clinodactyly of second and fifth fingers. Syndactyly frequently involves the second and third, as well as the fourth and fifth toes. Approximately one in three Feingold syndrome patients have esophageal or duodenal atresia or both. Anal atresia has been reported in a single case. At least 79 patients in 25 families have been reported. The syndrome has autosomal dominant inheritance with full penetrance, and variable expressivity. Vertebral anomalies, cardiac malformations, and deafness have been noted in a minority of patients. Here, we report a patient with hydronephrosis of one kidney and cystic dysplasia of the other, necessitating nephrectomy. The overall pattern of malformations in Feingold syndrome shows considerable overlap with the VATER/VACTERL association. The gene for Feingold syndrome maps to 2p23-p24, but remains to be identified. Comparison of the pattern of anomalies that occurs in the Feingold syndrome in humans and malformations that are present in mice with mutations of genes in the sonic hedgehog signaling pathway suggest, that the elusive Feingold syndrome gene may involve this signaling pathway as well.
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- Jacopo Celli
- University Medical Center Nijmegen, Department of Human Genetics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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de Santa Barbara P, van den Brink GR, Roberts DJ. Development and differentiation of the intestinal epithelium. Cell Mol Life Sci 2003; 60:1322-32. [PMID: 12943221 PMCID: PMC2435618 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-2289-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 230] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The gastrointestinal tract develops from a simple tube to a complex organ with patterns of differentiation along four axes of asymmetry. The organ is composed of all three germ layers signaling to each other during development to form the adult structure. The gut epithelium is a constitutively developing tissue, constantly differentiating from a stem cell in a progenitor pool throughout the life of the organism. Signals from the adjacent mesoderm and between epithelial cells are required for normal orderly development/differentiation, homeostasis, and apoptosis. Embryonically important patterning factors are used during adult stages for these processes. Such critical pathways as the hedgehog, bone morphogenetic protein, Notch, Sox, and Wnt systems are used both in embryologic and adult times of gut development. We focus on and review the roles of these factors in gut epithelial cell development and differentiation.
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- P de Santa Barbara
- Institut de Génétique Humaine, UPR 1142 CNRS, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier, France.
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